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WASHINGTON — The D.C. rabbi convicted of secretly video-recording 52 women preparing for a ritual bath has had his sentenced upheld in D.C. Superior Court. Barry Freundel, 63, was sentenced in May for the surreptitious…

WASHINGTON — The defense attorneys representing a Charlottesville man charged with the murder of a University of Virginia sophomore filed a series of mostly routine pretrial motions this week, according to a Charlottesville TV station.…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The northern Virginia judge who presided over one of the D.C. sniper trials was appointed Monday to the state Supreme Court. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced the selection of Fairfax County Circuit…

WASHINGTON – The man suspected of killing a D.C. family and their housekeeper has fired his defense team and will be represented instead by public defenders. Daron Wint was in D.C. Superior Court Thursday for…

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland farmer charged with 20 counts of animal cruelty testified Wednesday that he treated his cattle, goats and sheep better than authorities did when they seized the livestock he allegedly…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is suing Virginia water protection officials to require large livestock operations to fence off rivers and streams from their animals. The lawsuit, scheduled to be heard Thursday…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a Norfolk company’s lawsuit challenging the city’s sign ordinance. The justices on Monday sent Central Radio Co.’s case back to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The director of patient records at Sheppard Pratt Health Systems and her husband have been indicted on charges of fraudulently billing Sheppard Pratt for $2.5 million. Forty-nine-year-old Lyneth Nyabiosi and her husband,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for the government and Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. have come to an agreement on certain conditions he would abide by if he is allowed to live full-time outside…